Silence, A Year from Monday, M, Empty Words and X (in this order) form the five parts of a series of books in which Cage tries, as he says, "to find a way of writing which comes from ideas, is not about them, but which produces them." Often these writings include mesostics and essays created by subjecting the work of other writers to chance procedures... more...

One of a series of experimental texts in which Cage tries ?to find a way of writing which comes from ideas, is not about them, but which produces them,? he attempts in X to create looser structures in both life and art, to free ?my writing from my intentions.? more...